Venezuela Arrests U.S. Citizen Over Alleged Plot

By

Ezequiel Minaya

April 25, 2013 8:35 p.m. ET

CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan authorities said Thursday they arrested a U.S. citizen they accused of trying to spark a civil war in the country with the aid of alleged right-wing youth groups following the contested April 14 presidential election.

Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez alleged that 35-year-old Timothy Hallett Tracy was trained as a spy by an unspecified intelligence agency and was involved with right-wing...